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Riding his bike home from work at the Hampden restaurant Corner BYOB, Michael Cassidy took more than a nasty spill. A wheel of Cassidy’s bike hit a manhole or metal plate on lower Falls Road south of Woodberry Aug. 24, according to restaurant owner Cecille Fenix. “He basically fell off his bike. He hit his head,” Fenix said. “The doctors are trying to tell him to stay as motionless as possible,” she said, until his injuries heal…
Two and a half years ago, Larry Bensky, husband and father of two young girls, was struck by an automobile and killed while riding his bike with a friend near Butler and Falls Road in Baltimore County. One of the things about the fatal crash that still sticks out to Tammy Benksy is that the driver who killed her husband said afterwards that she actually saw the two bicyclists before the collision…
GLEN BURNIE, MD – The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) is announcing a campaign with the theme, “Give Bikes THREE FEET When Passing – It’s the Law” to promote bicycle safety. During the bicycle intensive fall season, the MVA added this important message to the outer envelope of 120,000 vehicle registration renewal notices. Additionally, MVA distributed nearly 5,000 yard sticks (3-foot rulers) with the same message to visually illustrate the distance motorists must provide when overtaking a bicycle.